Words and music by Don Henley & Glenn Frey; as recorded by The Eagles, on the album Desperado, 1973.

  In G, as recorded.

intro chords:
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------
G(add6) G(add6) G(add6) G(add6) Am      D7      G(add6) G(add6) 

  G                (add6) 
1.  It's another tequila sunrise...
  D         D                 Am  D7          G     (add6) 
    Starin' slowly 'cross the sky... said goodbye...
  G               (add6) 
    He was just a hired hand...
  D               D                    Am  D7             G       (add6) 
    Workin on the dreams he planned to try... the days go by...


  Em                     C 
    Every night when the sun goes down...
  Em             C                    Em  
    Just another lonely boy in town...
       Am                D       D7 
   And she's out runnin' round...


  G                  (add6) 
2.  She wasn't just another woman...
  D                D                Am D7              G          (add6) 
    And I couldn't keep from comin' on... it's been so long...
  G               (add6) 
    Oh and it's a hollow feelin'...
  D               D               Am      D7          G          (add6)  
    When it comes down to dealin' friends... it never ends...


  Am             D 
    Take another shot of courage...
  Bm               E                 Am   B               Em     A 
    Wonder why the right words never come... you just get numb...


  G                (add6) 
3.  It's another tequila sunrise...
  D          D                     Am   D7         G          (add6) 
    This old world still looks the same... another frame...

Lyrics and chords downloaded 12 Apr 97 from Daniel Smith's Eagles Website [http://www.dreamscape.com/esmith/dansm/band/songs.htm].

Transcribed by Mike Mongeau, and posted by him on OnLine Guitar Archive, 12 July 92.

G (add6) - Hammer-on the 4th string at the 2nd fret to add the 6th of the G scale (e) into the G chord.

In the midde of the 2nd and 4th lines of each verse, it's nice to trace out the melody on the third and fourth strings, like so:

                 chord:  D                Am  
             sung note:  b    a    g  f#  a 
             ...couldn't keep from comin' on...

- Doc created 12 Apr 97. Last edited 16 Feb 1998. Formatting last tweaked 11 Aug 1999.

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